Telegram-herald., 1887-10-24
The Raven.

HEN lovely s1msn makes ap
asr mind 70 marry she general y
" uarfiss. particularly II she De
Isvely. When / read the mar
ri.xs license record sHd tbs engagements
aanOancsd IN The society eolamn, am
alarmed i1 would seem that an spidsmic
has broksn cut among our Valley city
b.fl-.. Ordinarily bears should hare moth
ing 70 DO With The matrimonial market but
II would appear that the balls have entire
control OF IL here, anes II az our fair maids
a. 20 become wives With the falling OF
the leaves there will doubtless be a
good deal of grosling tFom both oean1
and bears. For my own part l wonid
rather miss" our mAidens Ia the good oid
rsy than b miss them As ws must sise1
thsy ars married Bat weddings. like fa-
nersls, cone Ike blssslngs IA Disguise.
Aside Erom the grief that the one engeniers
aad ths Joy hat the other produces they are
:. oower of comfort" to many lone. lorn
fsmsle. II gives her SUCH blesssi oppor-
tunity 10 have good cry. But yoa never
that g seldom--see q bride cry. How
aver. am wiling TO wager a copy Of Farm
or REYNOLDS last blood-thirsty romance OF
,hs North, against the iron hammer which
sh. managers Of the y. A. B. Home used to
heat their snfeeblsd patients 10 death with.
that a Detroit bride cried the other
d.y when a rsoortsr. to whom paw" had
uvsn ten-dollAr bin to insure tne
.otics Of the wedding. described her
t-ou.,esu as hsr trousers The reporter
met with an uDtimsly death. he began
curslnx ths proof-rssder when the latter
br.athsd on him and he gasped and died.
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Speaking Of weddings and funerals and
suicides and things. did you see that letter
that Perkins. the Kalamazoo barber,
Who committed suicide. left behind
himr He wrote. Thank God. / am going
to q country where rsd-hsaded women are
unknown" HIS auburn-hAired wife was
90 mad that she refused 10 attend the
funeral Notwithstanding Perkins. red and
suburn-haired women xrsqaite the fashion.
Iv;.h sorn. OF the habitaas OF the besuti-
frI village OF Detroit could have stood on
campsu Place yesterday afternoon and
marked the moving throag OF peo-
pls on the sidewalks. and the
IAN Of vehicles in AL the streets.
Pesrl-st. was fllsd both ways, and Canal
and Monroe were n sea of humanity.
Grsnd Rapids Il growing rapidly IN wealth,
ia fame and In metropolitan ways. A
Board Of Trade Will soon De organized
here. and it Is 70 be hoped that the Belt
Line snd Jerry Carpenters dummy viii be
~oe-diIy constructed. l drove out the
ether day to take look n the splendid site
which sx-Cougrsssnasn Comstock has
offered 70 deed to the West Mich
ixsu Fair and the State Expo
utiou. providing they will expsnd
$50 900 in buildings The grounds are To-
Gated lust across the Cansl-st Gravel Road
on the West side. A splendid meadow OF
% ,cres runs along the river bank for bali
mile. The Chicago a West Michigan and
Grand Rapids 4 Indians railroads cross at
itsnpper corner. The proposed Belt Line
runs Immediately to The grounds. the
dummy line stops at the bridge
and II Il said that . new gravel road. max
fnxs splendid drive down the rivsr on the
West side, viii D. built by private parties,
ifMr. Comstocks offer he accepted These
grounds can De made thing Of beauty
aud joy forever with the expenditure OF
a few thousand dollars. The sweep of the
riv-r thsrs. Of which mile view Is OBJ
tanned. iss grand one. The grounds are
w.ll dyksd and drained. Through the
upper portion lows dancing spring brook
from which wsisr could De Carried 70 al
parts Of ths grounds for artificial iakss and
fountains Mr. Comst0cks liberal and
generous offer should not be allowed 70 20
bvdeaulI The Fsir peopls viii Be very tool
ish II thev fail 70 accept it They can
easily sell their present property
for enough % cover the amount
Of nonsv Nr. Conastock insists shall - .x-
pended IN improvements. A splendid race
track can Be constructed on The grounds at
Tsry little expense.
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True. the location Of q permanent sxpo-
sision a. far from the center of the city
seems ike large undertaking nov. So
&c seemed nearly score of years
sgo when the huilding Of the
Grsnd Rspids = Indians and the
LAKE shore Z Nichixsn southern then
The Allexsnl vss sgitsfed There we're
shout fs.oc0 Inhabitants n Grsnd Rapids
At the aue these rho favored one rosd
cppesed the otbsr. NJ Coustcrk favored
both. and i: = speech AZ public meeting
declared that if both rad. w-rs huii'
Grsnd Rspsds would have aloeo people IN
less than twenty wears for this he wss
laughed 81 h-iisvs that nov whHs the
"bcou = IN. it IS the dnty Of every citi-
r~r who ks rhe interests Of this counma-
nitv at heart 10 fogvsrd n.
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"Boomius' : rot q modern sste
Citi-s md towrs ssrove with Zach ether n
matters 81 fame sna zrowth. thousands u
yssrs AGO. Rcne pronsalv hrseg~i The
raost vale she ~ss not sirays either shs
lsrsest or the xrzndssf Of sncient towns
thus iliusfrstinx ty hsr 3o~uhn thsi
warn you soon t must oe bsroic ~ors
and zoe unaault~rstei truth. such srcwth